02966nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10404813 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 071128s2008 mdu sb 001 0 eng d 2007048938 9780739117729 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739117726 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739117736 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780739146545 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)649949105 a-is--- ma----- n-us--- DS119.7 .M3133 2008eb 956.04 22 Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965- Hegemony in the digital age [electronic resource] : the Arab/Israeli conflict online / Stephen M.E. Marmura. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2008. x, 173 p. Critical media studies Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168) and index. Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Arab-Israeli conflict Mass media and the conflict. World Wide Web Political aspects. Middle East Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Middle East. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Critical media studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10404813 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 81746 81746